Match-box.



MODEL.

PATENTED JUNE 4, 19,07. A. G. SLATER.

MATGH 30X. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 29. 1906.

' UNITED STATES ALBERT G. SLATER, OF VIELE, IOW A.

MATCH-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

Application filed September 29, 1906. Serial No. 336,715. (ModeL) T all'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT G. SLATER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Viele, in the county of Lee and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Match-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to match boxes, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide means for delivering one match at a time to a position to be withdrawn by the user.

Another object of the invention is to provide simple and reliable means for sliding one match at a time out of the box and to prevent matches from accidentally dropping out of the box.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a match box made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical, sectional View on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the box, looking down upon the top thereof. Fig. 4 is a transverse, sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail, perspective view of the spring and the match ejector mounted to slide thereon.

Referring to the accompanying drawing for a more particular description of my invention, the numeral 1 designates amatchbox whichmay be conveniently made of comp aratively thin sheet metal or other material, said box being substantially oval in cross section and provided with an extension 2 into which a single match may be placed by holding the box in the position to permit the match to roll by gravity from a number within the box 1. The projecting portion 2 is provided. upon one wall with a slide 3 and a spring 4, formed of a piece of flat spring metal, is riveted at 5 to the extension 2 immediately under the slot 3. The spring 4 is curved normally and is provided with an angular upper end 6, said end having a recess 7 therein to permit the match to pass through the same when said spring is in the position to permit the match to be delivered. The end 6 is provided with a notch 8 adapted to engage a projection 9 on the edge of the box adjacent to said notch. A match delivering slide 10 is mounted to slide upon the spring 4 and is provided with a roughened surface 11 to engage the match, said slide having a button 12 projecting through the slot 3 in the extended portion of the box. Upon reference to Fig. 2, it will be noted that the slot 3 is formed in a projecting portion 13 of the box and that the match slide 10 is spaced from the button 12 by a reduced neck 14 which serves to hold the match slide against inward andoutward movement relatively to the slot 3. A hinged cover 15 is connected to the bottom of the box and provided with a notch 16 to hold the box closed. The opposite end 17 of the box is permanently closed excepting at the point within the top of the extension 2, where the match is delivered.

The operation of my match box may be briefly described as follows: A match having been rolled into the recess a, Fig. 4, between the match slide 10 and the wall of the extension 2, the button 12 is pushed upward carrying the match slide and the match I) upward and out through the opening 7 in the spring 4. It is to be noted that as the match slide 10 moves upward it straightens out the curve in the spring until it assumes the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, thus drawing the recess 7 into alinement with the match. After the match has been withdrawn from the box, the spring 4. moves to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2 and the notch 8 engages the projection 9 to hold said spring in this position, thus preventing any of the matches from accidental removal from the box until the slide 10 is again oprated. It will be understood, of course, that the slide 10 is returned to its lowermost position after each match has been delivered.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a match box made in accordance with my invention is of simple construction will operate reliably to deliver one match at a time from the box; can be manufactured at slight cost and cannot readily get out of order in use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A match box comprising a hollow box or casing for containing matches, an extension formed on the box and provided with a recess adapted to contain a single match, a spring secured in said extension and having its upper end bent to close the outlet to said extension, a match slide mounted to slide upon said spring, and a button on said slide for moving the same upward to carry a match.

2. A match box provided with an extenwe said upper end being provided with a curved recess and a notch, said notch adapted to engage a projection on the box to hold the spring in position to close the match opening, and means for deliverin a match.

In testimony whereofj affix my signature IS in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT G. SLATER.

sion, a spring secured in the extended portion, a match deliverer mounted to slide on said spring, and an angular extension on said spring for covering the match outlet.

3. A match box comprising a hollow casing provided with a slotted extension, a curved spring secured in said extension and provided with an angular upper end which normally covers the outlet for the matches,

Witnesses:

GEORGE T. PURvEs, ROBERT B. DAvrs. 

